The program is all done online. The faster you go, the more you can save. The cost for credits is capped at 12 hours every six months.

"If you finish 18, if you finish 21, you just paid for 12,” Hawkins said.

Flexxive currently offers a business administration degree -- one Chris Hennen began last July in Virginia.

"It’s going much faster that it normally would at school because I can go to all the classes,” Hennen said. "I'm snowed in. There's 10 inches of snow outside, but I can still go to class."

In seven months, Hennen is already halfway through 60 credits.

"It'll help me hopefully in the future with giving me a good baseline to learn for my MBA,” he said.

Instructor Sharon Rea sees this often with Flexxive.

"This person is just running through like crazy. They're OK on their own. These students over here, I need to step in because they're starting to stumble,” Rea said.

Rea and another instructor carefully watch students' progress. When military deployment, health problems or other life events occur, the program can be paused.

"Normally a student would have to withdraw or take an incomplete, and with us, they can just say, ‘Hey, this is happening right now,’ and that's fine. Take the time you need. We'll pick up when you get done,” Rea said.

The goal of the program is to make a college education more flexible, which could mean even more changes at Bellevue University.

"In probably the next year we'll have programs starting on campus and it will make a different looking classroom,” Hawkins said.

The university just started an advanced manufacturing degree with Flexxive and partnered with the Wells Blue Bunny facility in Le Mars, Iowa.

Hawkins said along with affordability, they want to make sure students leave with the skills they actually need to succeed in their careers.

NO WEEKLY DUE DATES. NO FACETIME WITH TEACHERS. LEARNING AT áYOUR LEVEL. AND IF YOU MASTER THE MATERIAL QUICKLY.. IT WILL SAVE YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. NEW TONIGHT - CUTTING DOWN ON STUDENT DEBT... WHILE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE áREAL WORLD. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ADRIAN WHITSETT REPORTS. WITH THE RISING COST OF DEGREES -- AND THE CONSTANT SHIFT IN SKILLS NEEDED FOR EMERGING JOBS. BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY WANTED TO ...BE A BIT MORE FLEXIBLE.(Dr. Mary Hawkins: In a regular class, the class just keeps moving. In flexxive, the class matches the students pace.") THE FASTER YOU GO -- THE LESS THE FLEXXIVE BUSINESS ADMIN DEGREE COSTS. NEVER PAYING FOR MORE THAN 12 CREDIT HOURS(Dr. Mary Hawkins: "If you finish 18, if you finish 21...you just paid for 12.") CHRIS HENNEN(Chris Hennen: "Hey.How are you guys?") STARTED THE PROGRAM LAST JULY, FROM HIS HOME IN VIRGINIA. (Chris Hennen: "I'm snowed in there's 10 inches of snow outside but I can still go to class.")(Chris Hennen: "Its going much faster that it normally would at school because I can go to all the classes.") IT'S THAT FLEXIBILITY.INSTRUCTOR SHARON REA SEES EVERY DAY.(Sharon Rea: "This person is just running through like crazy, they're ok on their own. These students over here I need to step in cause they're starting to stumble.") REA AND ONE OTHER INSTRUCTOR WATCH CAREFULLY. AND WHEN MILITARY DEPLOYMENT, HEALTH PROBLEMS OR OTHER LIFE EVENTS COME DOWN...(Sharon Rea: "Normally a student would have to withdraw or take an incomplete and with us they can just say, hey this is happening right now and that's fine, take the time you need, we'll pick up when you get done.") CHRIS IS ALREADY HALFWAY THROUGH.(Chris Hennen: "It'll help me hopefully in the future with giving me a good baseline to learn for my MBA.") AND A BASELINE FOR BELLEVUE --TO SEE FLEXXIVE EXPAND.(Dr. Mary Hawkins: "In probably the next year we'll have programs starting on campus and it will make a different looking classroom.") THE UNIVERSITY JUST STARTED AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING DEGREE WITH FLEXXIVE ...PARTNERED WITH THE WELLS BLUE BUNNY'S FACILITY IN LE MARS, IOWA. DOCTOR HAWKINS SAYS ALONG WITH AFFORDABILITY, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS LEAVE WITH THE SKILLS THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO SUCCEED IN THEIR CAREERS. BACK TO YOU.

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